Tolls Better Than Casinos

Our recent annual trip to the Florida Keys provided this insight into Connecticut's financial plight. The string of toll roads along our itinerary suggest that, as a drive-through portal to New England, Connecticut is ignoring a significant source of income.

To counter the "no tolls!" opposition from some Nutmeggers, I'm sure the same arguments were dealt with by the states we drove through with technology to accomodate the legitimate comcerns of frequent in-state travelers and commuters.

Tolls can be the better alternative to proposals for three more casinos, which would only deepen Connecticut legislators' house-of-cards revenue pipe dreams.